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GO TOTHE SECRETARY OF YOUR CLUB ANI) PUT YOUR NAME ON THE NEW CLUB ROLLS "The Camden Chronicle VOLUME 46 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. JUNE 22, 1934 NUMBER 13 MuismT Withdraws prom Senate Race T the Democracy of Kershaw , Greatly to my regret, i am 01 i to announce my withdrawal ? the race for the 'State Senate. |.m a Poor man; my practice is that it requires practically my M attention; the campaign d cost me a considerable sum of v and it has become apparent 'that 1 cannot continue in the U meet my obligations. TTiese and these alone, have tpud me in my decision. My regret in withdrawing is beof those fTiends throughout the tv who have been so generous, I and true to me. I shall never et their kindnes^ to me, and I .stand always ready to evidence appreciation in any possible way. ow that there are those who will that 1 am withdrawing because m afraid that 1 would not be ed My friend? know that this ot true, but if the thought gives me, satisfaction he is welcome to I entered the race as a candidate 0 clique or faction and I am iwithving In the interest of no candior faction. I wish to publicly ik my friends.and supporters, and jcpress the Hope that the campaign . be free from mud-slinging. Any lidate who attempts to gain an t by blackening the' character of ther candidate proves his own unthiness, and I am confident that people of Kershaw county will idiate any candidate who indulges ;uch tactics. MURDOCH M. JOHiNiSON. inister Urges Full Enrollment uly the 24th is the"last day to get nrolled on the precinct club rolls. Jnless one is thus enrolled he or sne an not vote in the primary in Augst. Do you expect to vote? Wny rait to get ready? Enroll now and 0 to the polls on August the 28th, nd vote against legal sale and for tie best candidates in the race foT ffice. Tax receipts and registration! ertificates not required to enroll in he primary. Qualifications, except eachers and preachers, are two years 1 the state, one year in the county nd sixty days in the precinct. Woicr. must enroll if they are to vote gainst legal liquor. They must vote no if it is not to come back. Remember the liquor ring hat has done all it could to debauch he electorate will be busy to get out ,1! the votes to vote for legalized ale of liquor on August 28th. Unthe drys?both men and women, oung and old?turn out, the will ox out h Carolina may be defeated, t'omen. will you get ready ? The drys in every county should leet for a conference. They should hen see that a dry is chosen to look fter the dry interests in every preinct, to get the vote qualified and aformed and to urge the dry voters ut for the election on August 28th. Moreover, the drys should be urged d look over the list of candidates for ffice in the counties and in the state nd be sure that they vote for the riost men offering for governor, | enate and house of representatives, nd for sheriffs who will enforce the iw.? .T. C. Roper, President Interenomi national Conference. New Books at Library Among the new books at the Camon public library are: "Nyinsky," a iography of the great dancer by his r'f(. Romola Nyinsky; "Tender Is, Night." by Scott Fitzgerald; Private Worlds" Phyllis BoHome; While Rome Burns," by Alexander lor.' ort; "Unfinished Cathedral," by ' > Stribling; "Mutiny On The ( lour.ty," by Nordhoff and Hall; "Life I D'jr Lord," by Charles Dickens. M's. Roscoe Bonsai has given a 'rgv olloction of biographies, books f travel and novels. Mrs. Sallie ^yk:r. has presented a copy of l*n. Remus" to the children's deartm<n.t. Ph- library hours for the summer ^nth. will he: 9 to 11 a. m. as anour.rcd by the librarian, Mrs. Donald tarn-. <or.. Firemen To State Meeting Members of the Camden Fire De8r'.m.r,t attending the twenty-ninth r.nua. convention of the South Carina State Firemen held in Walhalla it .Jur*- IS and 19 were: Buck Laney, M Mayer, W. R. Denton and R. M. OTincfly, Jr. Mr. Kennedy is presifr-t of the South Carolina Fire Inirarver Agencies and made a talk (fore the firemen, which was esPCia'y enjoyed by those attending convention. _ ^ Mr?. William Rogers, of. Norfolk, 4 < who has bean here on a visit 1 sister, Mrs. E. J. McLeod, has ^med home. She was accomjvan by Mrs. McLeod and bar daughter, ??? Franca. McLeod. - * t \ New Institution Is Formed Here At a meeting held Wednesday morning the First Federal Savings and Loan Association was formed hero with about thirty-four taking shares, representing around $30,000, The new association will function under the United Stated government supervision and all funds will be protected. It will be operated along the lines of the state building and loan association, and the Camden association is just one of hundreds being formed ail over the United States. A location for the nowly-formed association and other details will be worked out at a later date. The new association will be headed by W. Robin Zernp, as president; John T. Nettles, first vice-president; R. M. Kennedy, second vice-president and J. B. Wallace, secretary and treasurer; with the following board of directors: Henry iSavage, Sr., R. E. Stevenson and John T. Nettles to serve for one year; Henry Savage, Jr., and R. M. Kennedy, Jr., to serve for two years and W. R. Zemp and H. D. Niles to serve for three years. Henry Savage, Jr., was elected torney for the association. Ciivl Service Examination The 'United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive examinations for furnaceman, laundry afid hoftsman, United States Navy Yard, Charleston, S. C. For further information apply at the post office, Camden, S. C. Closing date June 23, lb34. Work Progressing On Restoring Dam Work is under way at thevold Hermitage dam, which was' blown out j several years ago. A force of laborers are now replacing the earthen. dam with the view of making this property a recreational center. A saw mill has been rented and j operators are now sawing timber to ( be used on this project. The timber j is .being secured free of charge from ' landowners through whose property; the GCC boys have cut fire lanes, and some huge trees haVe fallen this way.1 The commission wishes to "hear from others who are willing to give tim! ber to be used in this project. They 1 ! wiD need approximately 60,000 feet of lumber. A combination flood gate and spill-: way has been approved by the engineer and it will be erected a slight distance east of the old flood gates. j j It is proposed at a later date to I erect a pavilion with bath houses, j ' dressing rooms and a dance hall on i the eastern shore of the lake. Camden Rotary Notes At Thursday's Rotary meeting J. H. Osborne, newly elected club president, j ! read a list of the committees to j serve for the coming year. Rotarian Lotta Johnson, of Char-, j lotte, made a short talk touching on1 the bond market. He stated that South Carolina bonds were showing considerably more strength and that i they were 'being sold on the New | York market to a better advantage | than at any 'time during the past! years. Henry Savage will have charge of( next week'9 program and he will have as speakers of the day Dr. Fred j C. Williams, a prominent Rotarian and superintendent of the state hos-1 pital at Columbia; also Carroll H.I Jones, former District Governor of i the Fifty-seventh Rotary District. Guest visitors were: Miss Sara1 Frances Wolfe, J. E. Robinson and Tom Crowe, the last two being guests of A. Stanley Llewellyn. J. G. Richards, Jr., told of the efforts to raise money for the high j school band. A musical and ball j game will be held soon for the benefit j of the band. ! Rotarian J. H. Osborne leaves by, train Saturday for the Rotary International Convention at Detroit. Mr*. I J. H. Osborne, Hamilton and Margaret Osborne and L.- E. Graham will j join Mr. Osborne in Chicago on j Thursday. They will drive up in Mr. Osborne's car, to the World's Fair. A. Stanley Llewellyn has returned from Washington where he went in interest of the Santee-Coopor Power j Development. He is a member of the State Authority Committee. He j told the club of the scope of the proposed development, which will back navigable water to within six miles of Camden. A Jackson Bamett, 92, the world's richest Indian, was found dead in his home in Los Angeles. Cal., Tuesday. The body was found by the white woman whose marriage to him was annulled by the government, but who was permitted by the decree to remain as his housekeeper. Burnett, a Greek Indian, got hia wealth from oil well return* found on lands he owned in Oklehon*, " DISTINGUISHED ATTORNEY AND JURIST PASSES AWAY SUDDENLY ? I Camden was shocked last Friday to learn of the death of Judge Mendel L. Smith, of this city, who died sod- j denly at his home of apoplexy at one o'clock. No man has ever made} greater impress on the people of Camden and Kershaw county than had Judge Smith, and there is uni- j versal mourning in Camden and Ker- I shaw county. j In his passing South Catolina loses I one of its most useful and patriotic i men and the Bar of the state loses [ one of its groatest advocates (*f all, time. Judge Smith was born at Smith- j ville, then a part of Sumter now Lee county, South Carolina, on July 5, t 1870. His parents were Lafayette J M. Smith and Medora (Bradley) Smith. His father, who was a highly respected and successful merchant and planter and a substantial and influential citizen, died in January 188R. His mother who, when the subject of this sketch was thirteen years of age, moved to Camden, died only a few years ago. Judge Smith was educat-! ed in the Camden schools, at WofTord College and at the South Carolina Military Academy, known as the Citadel, at Charleston, where he graduated in 1889. He received his legal education at the University of Virginia, among the professors there being the great John B. Minor, and was admitted to practice in the Courts of Virginia on May 29, 1894, and in the Courts of South Carolina on January 11, 1895. In his nearly fifty years at the "Bar Judge Smith was engaged in the trial of more famous cases than any other lawyer in South Carolina during that period. He w&s engaged in 256 capital cases; he defended 214 homicide cases, and of these not one received the death penalty, only 8 were con- j victed of murder with recommendation to mercy. A small fraction were convicted of manslaughter, while the vast majority resulted in acquittal. While his renown at the Bar was achieved to a large extent by his brilliance in the handling of criminal cases, he was one of the best civil lawyers in the state. His records show that he was employed in 647 cases in the Court of Common Pleas and in the Supreme Court, 80 per cent of which were contested and of which he lost only 24. He was to the time of his death the sole legal adviser of hundreds of citizens througout this county and state, and he was always gracious and kind in giving his time and advice to all those seeking it, no matter however humble. Judge Smith was a great student and was meticulous in the preparation of his cases. A list of the noteworthy cases tried by him would be too lengthy to print here. Suffice to say that his help was sought in the great majority of the largest cases tried in the Courts of this state during his service at the Bar- He was widely known also outside fhe State of South Carolina, and was engaged in many large cases in the neighboring states, his services being sought! as far away as Texas. As a young man Judge Smith was a great athlete and he never over-j came his fondness for athletic sports. In his college life he was recognized as one of the greatest college ath- j letes in the country, being especially prominent in baseball at WofTord, thej Citadel and the University of Vir-( ginia. He was a member of the famous team that the University of, Virginia sent as the representative of the South to take part in the inter-1 collegia to tournament hold at the World's Fair at Chicago in 1898. He was thereafter sought by managers of major league teams, but' declined these offers. He was 'said by many of the great professional ball players to have been the best t\rst baseman' they ever saw. He was president of the South Carolnia State League for two seasons and was often spoken of as president of the South Atlantic1 League, but his practice and pubhc i service made it impossible to givej athletics more of his time. Judge Smith was the first captain i of the reorganized Kershaw Guards, then Company A, Second Regiment Infantry, now Company M. Upon his retirement he was presented a handsome gold and silver trimmed sword by the members of the company. . He was the first Commander of the James Leroy JBelk Post of the American Legion and maintained always a large (interest in Legion affairs, being nfany times spoken of for State Commander. Always interested in education, he served when quite a young man as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Camden city schools, and throughout his long career he was one of South Carolina's greatest advocates of public school education. He served as a member of the Board 1 of Trustees of the South QaroJina Medical College in Charleston. Almost immediately upon his becoming a member of the Camden Bar, he became the outstanding political loader of Kershaw county. He has firesided over all the Kershaw County >emocratic Conventions for the past thirty years or more; has been a delegate to the -State Convention (nearly always elected by acclamation) continuously since 1900, and has time after time served as the keynote speaker of the State Democratic Convention during the past thirty years. He was elected to the Houee of Representatives from Kershaw county | in 1900 by the largest majority ever given a candidate with opposition in the county before or sinco, and he served this county continuously as i one of its representatives for a long . period of years, with the exception t of one term (1907-1909) when he did not offer, and he was always elected by flattering majorities, many times without opposition. i At the beginning of his second term i as a member of the House he was elected Speaker of that body by a i tremendous majority, serving in that I capacity for eight years between 11903 and 1915. With his striking physique, com manding voice and presence, his exquisite patience and firmness, his ; spirit of absolute fairness and impartiality, his polished courtesy and his complete mastery of parliamentary law and its usage, his brilliant 1 talents were largely brought into play while acting as presiding officer i of that body. South Carolina has never had his superior as a parliamentarian. I Obeying the repeated and continued urging of his friends, he was candidate for Governor in 1914, and would probably have been elected had it not been for the concentration of the anti-administration forces on another candidate. His campaign was a vigorous and effective fight for law ' enforcement, but because of the sit-' uation above mentioned, he was not j elected. In 1915, at the age of 44 years, he' was unanimous-ly elected Judge of! the Fifth Judicial circuit, being the . first Judge from this county since the la to Joseph B. Kershaw. He served m this capacity ably and brilliantly until the entry of this country into the World War. His charges to the grand juries and petit juries of the Mate being masterpieces of diction and law, in addition to being among the most forceful ever given by any judge in South "Carolina. He made a wonderful reputation as a brilliant, fair and impartial Judge, and on leaving the Bench the Judiciary lost one of the ablest Judges it over had Since the World War he has on numerous occasions been called to sit as acting Associate Justice on the Supreme Bench, and many of he finest decisions of that Court are the creatures of his intellect. Upon the entry of this government i into the World War he resigned the J judgeship and served as Judge Advocate with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the American Expeditionary horees in Franco throughout the | period of the War. , Judge Smith was ever in demand | as a public speaker, and he was . known as one of the very greatest j orators of the South. While other engagements would not permit his acceptance of more than half of invitations coming to him for public speeches, he made more than 3,000 , public addresses. I He ranked high in fraternal af. fairs in South Carolina. After being j el*cted successively to minor state | offices in the Grand Lodge of [Knights of Pythias, Domain of South Uirolina, he was, without opposition, elected Grand Chancellor, at Anderson, m 1*907, and was Supreme Representative from South Carolina from from 1900 to 1020. He was elected ! Grand Master of the Independent i Order of Odd ,Fellows, of South Caro: nna, in 1914, and was elected Grand Representative to the Sovereign I Grand Lodge in 1915. He took a I prominent part in the deliberation of the Supreme Lodges of Knights of Pythias in its meetings at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Denver, Colorado, Winnipeg Canada, and Portland, Oregon, - holding a number of the most important offices in the Su-" preme Grand Lodge during that period He was a Mason and a Shriner and a great student and lover of Masonry, his lecture on one of the degrees of Masonry having been adopted by the Grand Lodge of MaRons of the State of New York as'the official lecture of that degree in that State. Judge Smith was a devout member of the First Baptist Church of this) city, which chgtreh ho served for a I long number of years a* Deacon, 1 h,ar*\v,w 1>os,tion at the time of I his death. He was, too, for a long:' while Superintendent of the Sunday v ? , for yeara taught the large 1 Men s Bible Class of that church I In April 1895, Judge Smith was! married to Miss Anna Dixon, of this' y/ ,an<i tho,r hom* life has been a model of gentleness and love. Their, home has always been open to their, friends, their hospitality has been 5 enjoyed by friends here and 3ver the state. To this union were , ^ur children, who, with their mother, survive. They are Mrs. W. W i Bates, Jr., M. L. Smith, Jr., B M I >m.th and Mrs. W. P. Heath. Jr.', all yi t amden. He leaves one siater. Mrs.! stuart Long, of Indianapolis, Indi-i ina, and two brothers, W. F. Smith I K, Sumter, and Sidney Smith, of I Columbia Three grandchildren also survive him. funerA' service* were held in ^ amden on Saturday afternoon at *ve oclock, at the First Baptist Jiurch, interment at the Quaker T^e Mrvices ^ere con*h^v?rend J* B Caston, Baptist church, assisted L r ^T4ren<1 c- r. Wlmtwrly, of LytOoton Stroet M?tho<ti?t church. The following were the honorary pallbearers: Board of Deacons of the Baptist Church, Supremo Court and Circuit Judges, Kershaw County Bar Association, James LeRoy Belk Post American Legion, C. C. Whitaker, Dr. John W. Corbett, Dr. S. C. Zemp, W. L. DePass, Sr., Officers of Kershaw County, and'J. S. Lindsay. The following1 are the active pallbearers: Arthur Clarke, I,ambert DePass, J. B. Zemp, Gay Baum, Dr. T. B. Bruce, Henry Nilea, J. H. McLeod, Solicitor A. F. Spigner, and G. T. Little, Jr. A choir composed of members of the various denominations sang "How Firm a Foundation," "Sometime We'll Understand," "Sweet Bye and Bye" and "Rock of Ages," Prominent lawyers and officials from all parts of the state mingled with men of humbler walks of life in doing last honor to Judge Smith, whom they all bad known and esteemed. The floral display waa one of the largest ever seen heTe. ' -y? Telegrams and messages of sym- ' pathy came fro mall sections of the state and many from other states? some from great distances. One -was from Edmund (Bfgham, whom Judge Smith eared from the electric chafe. MENDEL L. SMITH (From Photo Tok?n in 1915) k C.. Governor Extends Hatfield Clemency M. O. Hatfield, under M'ntence 10 spend the balance of his life in prison, yesterday received clemency at the hand of Governor Blackwood, the balance of his sentence being suspended during good behavior. Hatfield, the records show, was convicted in Kershaw in March, lfilM. of murder with recommendation to i mercy and was sentenced to life imprisonment by M. L. Honham, now an associate justice of the supreme court. Hatfield was charged with having killed Ernest Stokes; he claimed self defense at the trial. In May, 1932, a senate committee, which made investigations at the penitentiary of "forgotten men," that is j men who had more or less been ! lost sight of and had no one to plead I their cause, recommended that Hat| field, now more than three score j years of age, ibo released. The members of the jury recommended clemency as did a large number of citizens of Kershaw county. Hatfield has served a little more than ten years, and during tihat time a niece has cared for three of his six children, according to information from the governor's office.?Thursday's State, Former Solicitor Dies at Edgefield John William Thurmond, 73-yearold attorney of Edgefield, died at his home at that place Sunday and his ? funeral was held on Tuesday morn- ; ing with prominent members of the' legal profession attending from all narts of the state. Mr, Thurmond will be remembered here by many of the older citizens as having serves! as solicitor of the Fifth Judicial Circuit which at that time was composed of Edgefield, l.exington, Richland and Kershaw. He senved as solicitor for eight years and took part jn the "prosecution of many noted criminal cases then tried in tho old court house on lower broad street. lie also served for six years as United States district attorney for the western district under appointment by Woodrow "Wilson. Mr. Thurmond is survived by his widow, tho former Miss Eleanor Gertrude Strom; three sons, Dr. John William Thurmond, Jr., Augusta; J. Strom Thurmond, lawyer and state senator, Edgefield; Dr. Allen George Thurmond, Wilmington, N. C.; three daughters, Mias Gertrude Thurmond, Columbia teacher; Miss Martha Thurmond, Grangeburg teacher; Miss Mary Thurmond, York teacher. Returns Here For Visit ( Mr. and Mrs. Charles Marsh, of Fort Myers, Fla., were here over the week end for a visit to relatives and friends in Camden. Mr. Marsh left Camden about five years ago and this ' is his first visit back home. He has become prominently connected with the fruit and truck industry of Florida and Georgia. Their two children accompanied them. Blind Piano Artist ^Tb^-flere The people of Camden will have an opportunity to hear one of South Carolina's great piano artists?in the person of John Ijandrum, of Greenwood, S. C. Prof. Ijandrum will give a recital on next Monday night at I the high school auditorium under the I auspices of tho High School Band ; Boosters. This will be an entertainI ment of the highest type, and to hear ; the equivalent, would cost many ( times more than this will cost. Let i every one patronize this worthy proposition, as it will be a musical treat and at the same time help boost a much-needed high school band. Some : one will call on you to buy a ticket. Vesper Service Sunday Evening A vesper service will be held on ; the lawn of the Presbyterian church j Sunday evening at eight o'clock. . Steriopticon pictures of the Bible i will be shown. In case of rain the 1 service foe held indoors. The public is cordially invited. Methodist Church Servicea j Services for next Sunday at the ! Methodist church will be as follows: Preaching both morning and night by the pastor. Morning subject will | bo "Our Panacea for Time and EterI nity." Evening hour "Do We Need a Prophet?" Services will be at 11:15 a. m. and 8:15 p. m. We invite the public to worship with us.? C. F. Wimberly, Pastor. Presbyterian Church Service* Sunday, June 24. A. Douglas McArn, pastor. Church school 10 a. m. j Morning worship with sermon on j "Hidden Manna" at eleven fifteen; j anthem; violin solo by Miss Elizabeth Smith of McKenzie, Tonn. Vesper (Service with steriopticon pictures of the Bible on the church lawn at eight o'clock. Midweek open air service I Wednesday evening at eight. Junior j Club Saturday morning at ten. The public is cordially invited to these services.